Cebu City Acting Mayor Edgardo Labella ordered the warden of the Cebu City Jail to explain why the contraband was in the facility.At 1 a.m. yesterday, a total of 307 officers from the Special Weapons and Tactics (Swat) and Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) 7 joined by 20 BJMP personnel, 35 PDEA agents and the Coast Guard, who brought 3 trained dogs with them, arrived in full battle gear.

The 3,089 inmates of the City Jail were ordered to take off their clothes for clearing operations. During the inspection, authorities found items like laptops, flat-screen TVs, cellular phones, branded shoes, bundles of cash, and five pails full of P5 and P10 coins, all apparently not allowed inside the jail.